Hoping I can get some help! I should be an expert by now on GERD since my other two boys had terrible reflux but every baby is different!
Given our previous experiences we started my newborn out on Alimentum. He was on the RTF and doing okay, but started on Zantac. Then when we went to powder he was having terrible stools (10-15 times a day, watery) so we thickened with rice cereal. Well the nipples were too big and he would gag making his gas/reflux worse. So we went back to RTF but then his reflux seemed worse since it wasn’t weighed down.
SO, we are now doing Alimentum RTF, with rice cereal (1tsp/ounce) with an Avent level 3 nipple which seems like a good flow. However, his reflux seems worse still – not sure if the powder + rice cereal would be better? I have a script for prevacid which I am going to start today as well, I was just holding out that he wouldn’t need it. My baby is 4 weeks old tomorrow. Any advice?!VTBunny2011-04-18 13:24:44
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